只是英美式的区别:
afterward,afterwards(以后,编后记):英国人只用afterwards,美国人...afterwards和afterward通用.
Not long afterward she received five calls in one day.
不久之后,她一天内就接到了5个电话。
They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
她们随后来到后台,对他娇语谄媚。
They came backstage afterward and toadied to him.
他们随后来到后台,对他奉承了一番。